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Screen play by legendary writer, Jack Rosenthal (Barmitzvah Boy, Wide Eyed and Legless), covers the trials of moving house as a group of people find their lives disrupted and changed when they become locked in the house chain.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: The Chain is linked by a series of moves. As one couple moves out of their current residence to live in posher quarters, another moves in, and so it goes all the way up to the lavish mansioned owned by self-made millionaire Leo McKern. The cycle starts all over again when McKern, wishing to be closer to his roots, returns to the working-class neighborhood whence he came. Each move is wryly commented upon by the team of professional movers headed by Warren Mitchell. The enormously gifted British cast includes Billie Whitelaw, Nigel Hawthorne, Maurice Denham, Denis Lawson, Phyllis Logan, and David Troughton. This multistoried seriocomedy is at its best a fond throwback to the Ealing films of the 1950s. ...The Chain
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
The story of a gang of moving men in London. Warren Mitchell is on great form as the mover who reads and quotes Plato, Aristotle and the Greek philosophers to his long suffering workmates.
Really a series of comic stories. At each house they go to they encounter one of the seven deadly sins, Lust, envy, greed, anger etc.. As they encounter them the moving men led by Warren Mitchell smooth out the problems and keep the chain moving.....
I will say no more I don't want to spoil the film by giving away too much.
Well worth buying. Warren Mitchell plays the part as only he can. I consider this to be one of my all time great comedies. I cant wait for it to be released in the USA .
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I loved this little British comedy when I hired it 25 years ago. I decided to buy it recently and found it just as amusing. A well thought out story which includes everything that could possibly go wrong on house moving day. It is also a wonderful insight into the human psyche.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By W. I. Taylor
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
An old favourite of mine. If the only time you ever laugh at moving house, this is it. A fantastic cast playing typically real characters; I have experienced such a mix in my personal life! This has to be one of the great gems of all time and should have a place in everyone's collection. I would give it more than five stars if I could.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A friend and I both remembered this film when we were discussing a third friend's impending house move. I checked and it was made in 1985. Another check of Amazon found the DVD which was delivered within a few days in the run up to Christmas. The film did not disappoint and was every bit as good as we had remembered for 26 years.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By jane edwards
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Searched for this for so many years, so was delighted to find it at last. A simple story of every day people moving house in London, the characters have travelled through time, as real today as they were when it was made. This film was a joy to watch and I'd recommend it to anyone who loves people and people watching.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By David Warren
Format:VHS Tape
It is astonishing that this film has had so little coverage over the years. It is a genius, gentle comedy, beautifully observed and played; Jack Rosenthal at his best.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Lizzi T
Format:DVD
I knew this film of old, my sister in law is the tramp who links all the various scenario. The subject matter doesn't date and the characterisations are superb. Look out for other well known faces in unfamiliar guises. Well worth watching.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Ben Naga
Format:DVD
Yes,OK, it's a knockabout British comedy about moving house. But it's also, for those with eyes and an affinity for metaphor, a profound meditation on the chain of being, the arc (and circle!) of life from youth to old age, the seven deadly sins and the law of consequence (or karma as they call it some places). Without spoiling it for newcomers, I'll point to at least a few of the master strokes of form and construction that are testimony to the film's genius: the bag lady (with *nowhere* to live) whose appearance frames the action; the fact that the action takes place in a single day (mirroring life progressing from dawn to sunset); the self constructed fantasies that surround the characters and between them persuade us to accept that "all human life is here", and at the same time "all is vanity".
So much wisdom, so much compassion. Obeisance to Mr Rosenthal. A masterpiece that only deepens with repeated viewing and reflection. And Warren Mitchell's great line:" I remember openin' me marf, but I don' remember nuffin' comin' aht". "The Chain" - after all the words I just expended - leaves me, when I really let it, similarly speechless.
So much wisdom, so much compassion. Obeisance to Mr Rosenthal. A masterpiece that only deepens with repeated viewing and reflection. And Warren Mitchell's great line:" I remember openin' me marf, but I don' remember nuffin' comin' aht". "The Chain" - after all the words I just expended - leaves me, when I really let it, similarly speechless.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
not as advertised
The movie is excellent saw it on TV when in the UK many years ago.Bought the VHS(which was really PAL) format there but it won't play on US players. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Deronia
5.0 out of 5 stars
Warren Mitchell shines!
Thoroughly entertaining film and I absolutely love the pilot of Moving Story that is included here. Had watched Moving Story when it was orginally on. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2011 by D. Mitchell
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